HSK 6 · Nature

斑 bān “spot” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 斑 means

  1. spot
  2. speck
  3. stripe
  4. coloured patch
  5. spotted
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • striped
  • variegated

How to say 斑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale斑bān1st tone, high and level

斑 in a sentence

  1. 红发的人往往有雀斑。

    Hóng fà de rén wǎngwǎng yǒu quèbān.

    Red-haired people often have freckles.

    Sentence #10201149 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我有一只黑白斑点狗。

    Wǒ yǒu yì zhī hēibái bāndiǎn gǒu.

    I have a black-and-white spotted dog.

    Sentence #338737 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 秋天的森林五彩斑斓，景色十分迷人。

    Qiūtiān de sēnlín wǔcǎi bānlán, jǐngsè shífēn mírén.

    In autumn the forest is a riot of colour, and the scenery is truly enchanting.

    Sentence #14028311 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 斑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 斑 (bān) with each of its parts in a different colour
斑bānspot
  • 王king · wáng
  • 文script · wén
  • 王king · wáng

How to write 斑

斑 12 strokes

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斑 (bān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 斑 (bān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 斑

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FAQs

斑 (bān) means “spot” or “speck”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bān: bān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 斑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 斑 from the suggestions. Typing ban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
斑 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.